NY-A09136 · 2025-2026 session · Legislation
Requires new data centers to incorporate thermal energy networks
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current status
- In Committee
- Committee
- ENERGY
- Sponsor
- Michaelle C. Solages
- Introduced
- In Committee
- Floor
- Enacted
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Latest action
REFERRED TO ENERGY
Jan 7, 2026
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Policy mechanisms
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Quick summary
Requires the owner or operator of a new data center to submit to the Public Service Commission a thermal energy network feasibility assessment that identifies potential off-site thermal loads within one mile of the facility; requires that new data centers be designed, constructed, and operated to capture and reuse waste heat generated by computing equipment through a thermal energy network.
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